Pull toy



M. SAGAT May 18, 194s.

PULL TOY Fiied May 15, 1946 2 Sh eets-Sheei 1 INVENTOR.

May 18, 1948.

M. SAGAT 2,441,906

/ PULL TOY v Filed May 15, 1946 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 12. 39 I 6 5a 25" I 5.

I 7 4| 5a 29 3s I lo IN V EN TOR. Iheme; SAGA! iii my Patented May 18, 1948 v UNITED STATES PATENT OF Fl PULL TOY Michael .Sagat,JLong Island City, N. Y.

Application May 15, 1946, Serial No.- 669';961

It is another :object of :the invention to .provide a. Whirligig device withe. :bell arrangement adapted to operate .onea'ch revolution of one of the Whirligig devices wherein means is ;provided Without the removal -.of the hell and .by :a simple .6 Claims. (0]. 46-204) engagement with the end of the sleeve'oppositc to the end which has frictional engagement with the one device.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects and advantages thereof, refercnce will be had to the ifOllOWiIlg description and accompanying drawings, and to the append- 1 edclaims :in which the various vnovel features of adjusting operation whereby the hell noise can I be muffled.

According to the invention, a wagon type carriage .is provided with pairs of front and rear wheels. This carriage is :provided with a vertically extending bracket carrying atits upper end a shaft. At the opposite ends of the shaft and sides of :the wagon, there is mounted for rotation thereon .two .diiierent forms of Whirligi de-- vices, one of which may take the form of a Ferris wheel and the other may be a sliding block wheel. Each of these devices has a pulley and is respectively independentlyconnected to a pulley on the rotating :rear axle shaft to effect the operation of the devices as the wagon is pulled over a surface. One of the belts is preferably crossed to give a reverse rotation to the one vice to which the belt is connected.

'On the same shaft is a sleeve for carrying a belt which is suspended downwardly therefrom and adapted to be struck on each revolution of one of the devices. The sleeve is disposed on the shaft between the devices and adapted so that one end :can he slid into frictional engagement with one device and thereby be rotated in a reverse direction until it is struck and returned to its starting position :by the striker on the other device. Since the bell is moved toward the oncoming striker, it isthrown into posi-- tion with reference to the sleeve which carries it so that the bell makes little noise. The child maybe led to believethat the bell is being struck at its highest-capacity if the adjustment is given before the toy is presented to the child. A sinipie-adjusting screw forces the sleeve toward fr'ctional engagement with the one-device. Thisad jutting screw is carried concentrically with the shaft .and extends through the other device .for

the invention are more particularly set :forth.

In the accompanyingdrawings forming a materia'lipart of this disclosure:

Fig. 1 .is .a perspective view looking upon the wagon containing the Whirligig arrangementemhodying the features of the present invention.

Fig. .2 is -'cross sectional view in elevation taken through the wegon. looking directly 'upon the Whirligig devicesalong line 2-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. Bisa top plan view of the toy.

llig. :4 is :a bottom plan view of the wagon.

:Fig. 5 is a .rearelevational view of the Wagon.

Fig. 6 is .2. side elevdticnal View of the wagon.

Fig. 7 is an enlarged .l'ragrnentary view, 'in cross section taken through the friction retaining means for the 'bellsleeve and the adjusting -.kndb for eliecting the tightening movement of the sleeve for frictional engagement with the one Whirligig device.

Fig. 8 is a cross sectional view taken through the bell sleeve on line 8-3 of '7, looking in the .directionof theam'ows thereof. 7

Referring now to the figures-the inventionjgenorally cornprisesawagon lit vertically extending bracket H on the Wagon, a'shaft t2 extending transverselyof the upstanding bracket :5 l, a Ferris wheel "device id on one end of the shaft and a sliding bloc-k device it at the opposite end. of the shaft, ibell :device to disposed between the two devices 0!: the shaft to be operated by the Ferris wheel *devices against which :it is .held "by an adjustment :of Jan adjusting sleeve or screw it carried .by the sliding block device "M, The Ferris wheel device it is mounted "for rotation on the shaft 1Q while "the sliding rblock device 14 is i'fixed to the shaft 1:2 to rotate therewith. A pulley is is connected rigidly with the shaft 12 so :as to rota-to the shaft and sliding block device M. .A crossed belt 19 connects the pulley it with .a pulley .25 fixed .to the rear axle shaft 2:2 .drivenhy rear wheels 23.

A pulley 24 isiconnected rigidly with theFerr-is wheel device 1.3 and receives its .:power by way .of aibelt 25 which extends over a .pulley 211 fixed to the rear axle .shaft 22. at the opposite side of the wagon. The wagon .lll .has .a front wheel carriage 2.5 rior supporting the iorward end there;

of and for effecting steering movement as the toy is pulled and steered by a handle 2'|.' A guard rail 28 is mounted on the peripheral top edges of the wagon floor 29 and serves to retain other articles placed on the floor 29 at the front thereof from falling off as the wagon is pulled.

The upstanding bracket is of U-shaped construction and secured by its intermediate arm to the wagon floor29 by screws 3|. The upper ends of the arms of the U-shaped bracket support the shaft I2 which is retained against axial displacement by securing nuts 32 and 33. The shaft l2 rotates in the upper ends of the arms of the U-shaped bracket. 7

The Ferris wheel structure l3 has the usual seats 34 pivoted between verically-extending side wheel portions 35 and 35. The pulley 24 is carried on the side wheel portion 35 by a hub 31 formed on the wheel portion 35. On the side wheel structure 36 and immediately surrounding the shaft |2 there is mounted a disc 39 of friction material; for example, rubber, adapted to have the end surface 4| of the bell supporting sleeve 42 clamped thereagainst by the adjusting sleeve or screw N of the sliding block device M. The adjusting sleeve It has an externally-threaded portion 44 threadedly engaging the internal threads 45 of a hub 43 of the sliding block device H.

The hub 43 is normally fixed to the shaft |2 by a set screw 46 accessible through a hole 41 in the hub 43. The set screw also passes through an opening 48 formed in one side of the adjusting sleeve or screw Hi. The opening is of a size larger than the diameter of the set screw 46, see Fig. "I, permitting rotation of the adjusting sleeve or screw It to engage the end of the bell supporting sleeve 42, as shown at 49 in Fig. '7, and urge the sleeve into facial contact with the friction disc 39 carried by the Ferris wheel structure I3. When in this position friction between the sleeve 42 and the disc 39 will be greater than the friction between the sleeve 42 and the end of the adjusting sleeve or screw l6 and the sleeve 42 will be turned by the friction disc 39 while the latter surfaces will slip over each other. The adjusting sleeve or screw l6 can only be adjusted until the walls of the opening 48 strike the set screw 46, but this is sufficient to achieve the desired adjustment of the sleeve 42 against the friction disc 39. Normally, the sleeve 42 isfree on the shaft l2 and supported in such a fashion that the bell hangs directly under the sleeve. If friction connection is made with the wear surface 39 by the sleeve 42, as when the adjusting sleeve or screw I5 is turned, the sleeve 42 will be rotated by the Ferris wheel device l3 and the bell 5| will be lifted by its stem 52 to substantially a horizontal position where it will be retained by its own weight and the end of the sleeve 42 will then slide on the friction disc 39. A striker 53 rotating in the opposite direction with the sliding block device M will strike the bell 5| returning it to its depending position causing the sleeve 42 to slide on the friction disc 39. When the full line position of Fig. 8 is reached, the bell will be free to pivot and the striker 53 will then pivot the bell and move past the bell freeing it to again be raised to the substantially horizontal position to again be struck and lowered by the striker 53. The bell 5| can pivot relative to its stem 52. Due to the slippage between the sleeve and the wear surface resulting from the weight of the bell when disposed in r a horizontal position at one side of the sleeve, the

bell will be generally retained in that position and as indicated at 54 (Fig. 8), will be more or less muffled as the top of the bell 5| will be in contact with the sleeve 42, as indicated at 55, see Fig. 8. The muiiling will be effected because of the contact of the bell 5| with the peripheral surface of the sleeve 42. The bell will take the position shown at 54, if wagon carrying the Ferris wheel device and the sliding block device is pulled in a forward direction. -If the wagon is pushed in a rearward direction, the bell 5| will be located at the opposite side of the sleeve 42 as indicated at 56, see Fig. 8.

The sliding block device 14 has a series of radial spoke arms 58 which extend from the hub 43, and the outer end of each spoke arm is pro- 7 vided with a stop 59. A block 6| is slidable on each spoke arm 53 between the hub 43 and the respective stop 59. The blocks 6| are adapted to slide outwardly on the spoke arms 58 as they pass from a horizontal position to a downward position and to move inwardly on the spoke arms as they move from a horizontal position to an upward position.

A striker 62 may be disposed on the Ferris wheel device for operation of the bell by the device, when the adjusting sleeve or screw I6 is retracted relieving the pressure on the sleeve 42 which holds the sleeve 42 in contact with the friction disc 39. The sleeve will then be idle on the rotating shaft I2 and the bell 5| will be depended downwardly to be successively struck by the strikers 53 and 62.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiments of my invention, it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to the precise constructions herein disclosed and the right is reserved to all changes and modifications coming within the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent is:

1. A Whirligig toy comprising a wagon carriage having a rotating rear axle, an upstanding bracket on the wagon carriage, a, shaft on the upper end of the upstanding bracket, a rotating device mounted for rotation on said shaft, another ro-tating device mounted for rotation with the shaft, means connecting the devices to the rotating rear axle to effect the rotation of the devices respectively in opposite directions, and

a bell device carried by the shaft between the two devices and adapted to be rotated by one of said'rotating devices and struck by the other of said devices.

2. A Whirligig toy comprising a wagon. carriage having a rotating rear axle, an upstanding bracket on the wagon carriage, a shaft on the upper end of the upstanding bracket, a rotating device mounted for rotation on said shaft, anotherrotating device mounted for rotation with the shaft, means connecting the devices to the rotating rear axle to effect the rotation of the devices respectively in opposite directions, a bell device carried by the shaft between the two devices and adapted to be rotated by one of said rotating devices and struck by the other of said devices, said bell device including a sleeve axially slidable along said shaft and adapted to be adjusted for frictional engagement with a friction disc on the non-striking device whereby the sleeve and the bell which normally hangs directly under the sleeve is picked up by the said one device and frictiona-lly retained in a position where the bell lies adjacent and in contact with the sleeve whereby to mufile the sound of the bell upon the same being struck by a striker on the said other device.

3. A Whirligig toy comprising a wagon carriage or similar support having a rotating axle, an upstanding bracket mounted on the carriage, a shaft journalled on the upper end of the upstanding bracket, a pulley rigid on the shaft and connected by means of a transmission device for rotation by said axle to rotate said shaft, a device fixed for rotation upon and by the shaft as the same is rotated, a second device journalled on the shaft to be driven by a transmission device connecting the same with the axle, a bell device carried by the shaft between the two rotating devices to be rotated by one of said devices, and a striker carried by the other of said devices for striking said bell device.

4. A Whirligig toy comprising a wagon carriage or similar support having a rotating axle, an upstanding bracket mounted on the carriage, a shaft journalled on the upper end of the upstanding bracket, a pulley rigid on the shaft and connected by means of a transmission device for rotation by said axle to rotate said shaft, a de-- vice fixed for rotation upon and by the shaft as the same is rotated, a second device journalled on the shaft to be driven by a transmission device connecting the same with the axle, a bell device carried by the shaft between the two rotating devices to be rotated by one of said devices, a striker carried by the other of said devices for striking said bell device, said bell device including a sleeve with a bell suspended therefrom, the sleeve normally being loose to permit the bell to lie suspended beneath the sleeve, a friction disc on the non-striking rotating device, and an adjusting device for forcing the sleeve into frictional engagement with the friction disc, whereby to permit the sleeve to be rotated and retained so that the bell will be held offset from its normal position and adjacent to the surface of the sleeve so that the striker will fail to give a ringing effect to the bell.

5. A Whirligig toy comprising a wagon carriage having a rotating rear axle, an upstanding bracket on the wagon carriage, a shaft on the upper end of the upstanding bracket, a rotating device mounted for rotation on said shaft, another rotating device mounted for rotation with devices, said bell device including a sleeve with a bell suspended therefrom, the sleeve normally being loose to permit the bell to lie suspended beneath the sleeve, a friction device on the rotating device which rotates said bell device, and an adjusting device for forcing the sleeve into frictional engagement with the friction disc, whereby to permit the sleeve to be rotated and retained so that the bell will be held ofiset from its normal position and adjacent to the surface of the sleeve so that the rotating device which strikes the bell device will fail to give a ringing effect to the bell, said adjusting device comprising a threaded adjusting sleeve surrounding the shaft and extending through the said other rotating device for adjustment into engagement with the end of the bell supporting sleeve, and means for securing the said other rotating device against axial displacement while said adjusting sleeve is being rotated.

61A pull tioy, comprising a floor, an axle mounted to turn on the floor, ground wheels mounted on the ends of the axle to turn the same on engagement with the ground, a bracket mounted on the floor and having vertically extending arms, a shaft mounted to turn on the vertical arms, a Ferris wheel mounted to turn on the shaft, means for rotating the Ferris wheel from the axle, a sleeve mounted on the shaft to make frictional contact with one side of the Ferris wheel, a sliding block device mounted to rotate with the shaft, said sliding block device having a plurality of radial spoke arms provided with stops at their outer ends, a block slidable on each of said spoke arms and engageable with the stop thereof, a bell mounted on said sleeve, a striker carried by the sliding block device, means for rotating the sliding block device and shaft in a direction opposite to the direction of rotation of the Ferris wheel, and means on said sliding block device for holding said sleeve in frictional engagement with the Ferris wheel to be rotated thereby.

MICHAEL SAGAT. 

